Legal Issues
The legal issues topic contains news and information about legal issues affecting EMS personnel, agencies or departments. Find the latest news from personnel misconduct, to disciplinary and harassment cases, to malpractice lawsuits, as well as advice to prevent legal action with EMS training, documentation and management.
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FDNY EMS Local 2507 President Oren Barzilay called the release of the suspect without charges “unacceptable”
Prosecutors say Jonathan Arredondo, the former president of Nutley Emergency and Rescue Squad, ran up more than $30,000 in personal expenses on a squad-issued debit card
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A man is facing charges after posting a video of himself passed out behind the wheel in Times Square — just to get thousands of views
FDNY Chief of EMS Operations Lillian Bonsignore called the attack at the scene of a three-alarm fire “unbelievable and despicable”
The family of Flight Nurse Rachel Cunningham is suing the operator of Survival Flight, alleging safety violations in the helicopter crash that killed three
Polk County Fire Rescue Capt. Tony Damiano is accused of ordering Paramedic Joshua Colon, who was also arrested, to steal the vaccine doses meant for first responders
Court documents documents say the Mason firefighter-EMT punched the chief and sergeant in the face
Police received a complaint that Nathan G. Appel, 24, was filming and recording audio of patients without their knowledge while treating them
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The state bill would create protections for EMS providers who render medical care to law enforcement K-9s injured in the line of duty and transport them in an ambulance
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said authorities are also planning to arrest the accused Polk County Fire Rescue captain when he returns from an out-of-state work assignment
The deadline for four Congressional Fire Services Institute awards has been extended to Feb. 12, 2021
The rejection of American Medical Response’s appeal clears the way for the city to move forward with its switch to Falck USA
The parents of the 3-year-old girl who suffered burns in a cooking accident said they waited 20 minutes for an ambulance before the firefighter offered to transport her
Panama City police reported that the ambulance was stolen from outside a hospital
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Oklahoma City fire officials said the firefighter’s actions went against both protocol and state law
Orange County fire officials are investigating why a fire helicopter was dispatched to the scene instead of a closer sheriff’s office helicopter
Police say the man crashed the rig into hospital property before driving off
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A paramedic was charged with embezzlement after it was discovered he allegedly stole a vial of a controlled substance from an ambulance that was not in use
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Police say a woman stolen the van from outside a dialysis clinic and drove off with an 84-year-old man in the back
Police say the suspect wasn’t able to drive the rig and was quickly apprehended
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